Wooing My Ex-Wife by Mr. Adeel

His eyes turned scarlet. He clutched Gwendolyn’s wrist, not noticing that he was gripping her so tightly that her skin was turning pale.

Cedrick shoved him away, wrapped Gwendolyn in his arms, and massaged her wrist.

Gwendolyn sighed. Her tone was stern as she said, “You acted rashly tonight, Treyton. I understand how you must be feeling, but I don’t agree with you giving away fifteen percent of the company’s shares to the Newton family.”

Treyton gaped at her in disbelief. “For all your talk about being sisters with Jennifer, you won’t even save her when she’s in trouble. When have you become so unfeeling, Gwendolyn?”

“Me, unfeeling?”

Gwendolyn was incredulous. Her rage began to boil.

As Treyton had had a traumatic night, she did her best to remain patient. “I don’t want to hold a grudge against somebody who can’t think straight. We’ll talk about this tomorrow.”

Treyton’s gaze grew cold.

Everything that had happened at the party had lost him his wits. “I’ll do it myself if you won’t. My shares, my call.”

He turned to go, but Gwendolyn had enough. Done with coddling him, she dashed forward and slapped him across the face.

Smack!

The crisp slap echoed in the air.

As she had used her full strength, Treyton’s face tilted to the side, and a red imprint of her hand appeared instantly on his cheek. He stared at her, dumbstruck.

Cedrick, too, was stunned. He remained rooted to the spot.

Massaging his stinging cheek, Treyton fumed, “How dare you hit me, Gwendolyn?”

Faced with his accusatory glare, Gwendolyn raised her chin defiantly.

“I’m not hitting you as your little sister but as the head of the Harris family. Now would you calm down? Can you listen to me?”

She looked stern, like the head of the family she was.

fuming, he did

smart man, Treyton. I’ll give you some time to cool down and reflect on your actions. Before

disbelief. He gazed at her, somewhat hurt. “Are you placing

of it as grounding. It’s your punishment for speaking so rudely to

“Could you marshal some men who aren’t on active duty to surround this villa? I don’t want even an ant

nodded decisively.

You

came to that, she would still be

am now the head of the family, and everybody must obey me with no exceptions. If you won’t, we’re going to the ancestral hall and I will have you tried according to our family

“You think I’m scared of a little

so severely that you pass out and spend the next two weeks in bed. By then, you would only be able to watch the broadcast of Jennifer’s

jaw clenched. He refused to say another

around Cedrick’s, Gwendolyn left. novelxo.com

she turned around and said, “Call me when you’ve calmed down and

watched as she and Cedrick entered

car did not

an orderly march of footsteps sounded. The smart-looking soldiers surrounded the villa as if

soldiers were not predisposed to negotiations but preferred to strike first instead. Forced back

after Treyton was securely inside his house did Gwendolyn and Cedrick disappear into the pitch-black

Inez showed up early the following morning at her office at Mossey Corporation,

talking things through with Kieran, their relationship had lost some of its stiffness. Though far from being on good terms, they

her secretary had

spend the following two days

HR department arrived with the new secretary and knocked on Inez’s

her attention off the documents

permission, the

manager had an imposing poise and a handsome face. He had a presence

so much as

table. “This candidate is very well qualified, Ms. Mossey. You’ll

in response, engrossed in typing. She did not look at the documents

at the office later than me. When I come in in the morning, I expect a fresh cup of coffee on my desk…” She went on for over a minute without even looking up. “Got it?” she asked as she

man nodded.